What’s open and closed on Memorial Day?

In what had long been celebrated every May to honor America s fallen soldiers Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in observed on the last Monday in May Businesses increasingly have chosen to stay open leading to what is now one of the biggest retail sales and excursion weekends of the year Here s what is open and closed this year on Memorial Day ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS Executive offices post offices courts and schools are closed BANKS AND MARKETS U S stock markets and banks are closed Monday The greater part FedEx and UPS pickup and delivery services will also not be available on Memorial Day though certain special services will be accessible RETAILERS Warehouse membership club Costco will be closed on Memorial Day but the vast majority of retailers will be open with various trying to lure customers with big promotional sales Hours may vary by location TRIP Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial opening of the summer movement season Americans are expected to get away in record numbers over the long Memorial Day weekend even as economic and technical worries rattle the U S journey industry Auto club AAA projects that more than million people million more than last year will venture at least miles from their homes between Thursday and Monday with the vast majority going by car The holiday s previous domestic excursion record of million people was set years ago AAA s fuel tracker shows motorists can expect to pay less for gasoline this year The U S average price on Wednesday was for a gallon of regular gas compared to a year ago AAA projects million people will tour by car over the weekend the highest number for that holiday since AAA began tracking it in and that another million people will journey by air a nearly increase over last year s million Air safety has been on the minds of travelers after a midair collision in January of a commuter jet and a U S Army helicopter above Washington D C killed people There have also been various close calls In latest weeks flight delays and cancellations stemming from an air traffic controller shortage and equipment failures at a facility that directs aircraft in and out of the Newark New Jersey airport have also made particular people reluctant to get on a plane Source